#3EB9BD#3EB9BD

#3EB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9BD
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -31.80, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 33.97, 200.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1006 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.106 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5168, 39.3929, 54.2349)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9BD #BD423E

analogous

#3EBD82 #3EB9BD #3E7ABD

triadic

#3EB9BD #BD3EB9 #B9BD3E

tetradic

#3EB9BD #823EBD #BD423E #7ABD3E

square

#3EB9BD #823EBD #BD423E #7ABD3E

split-complementary

#3EB9BD #BD3E7A #BD823E

monochromatic

#205F61 #2F8C8F #3EB9BD #6ACBCE #98DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3EB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9BD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9BD	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced0',
    500: '#3eb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9bd;
$custom-light: #85ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.89,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9BD

secondary

#C9908E

accent

#524EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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